William Glackens and the Eight: The Artists Who Freed American Art

by Ira Glackens

Used, clean copy with some wear on the dust cover.

267 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1990

About the author

Ira Glackens (NY, 1907-1990), a writer who was the son of the realist painter William Glackens, he studied painting with several of his father's contemporaries and began his career as a writer when he was discharged from the Coast Guard after World War II.

Mr. Glackens wrote several biographies and other books, and donated many paintings by his father to museums throughout the United States. He also wrote hundreds of articles on music, theater and horticulture, and his enthusiasm for raising apples led him to contribute articles on rare apples for the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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Reviews

[Libby Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Choppy reading. There are some very good family stories about WM. Glackens life.

[Carol]

Breezy account of Glackens and other artist-illustrators of the early 20th c. Am liking this genre of memoir (written by Glackens's son) which is suave and bubbly, not like champagne, but maybe a negroni?

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